HAM AND DUMPLINGS
This Ham and Dumplings recipe is great for using up leftover ham and what could be better than dumplings. Add some cornbread muffins for a fantastic meal. This is a hearty meal your family will love and it’s great on a cold day.
Ham and Dumplings Ingredients Needed:
Ham, cooked and cut into bite sized pieces or chunks
Green onion
Celery
Water or could use half chicken broth
Salt
Black pepper
Basil
Chives
Parsley flakes
Dumpling Ingredients:
Self Rising Flour
Shortening
Boiling Water
You can add ham bone, too, if you have one and remove before adding dumplings. We have always loved making recipes with dumplings and we love flat dumpling however many love drop dumplings. Either one is delicious and you can use whichever you prefer in this recipe. Here is a great entry on “How to Make Dumplings” and it has great tips as well.
If you love this dish you will also love our Chicken and Dumplings, another comfort food meal that always hits the spot!
“Great recipe. I had a bunch of leftover ham and it had been years since I’ve made ham and dumplings. I mainly have been wanting a great recipe for dumplings as I’ve misplaced my old recipe. Some of the recipes make dumplings that are just too fragile and dissolve in the broth.
These dumplings are perfection. I made this recipe a couple of months ago and I’m craving chicken and dumplings this week. So my husband is stopping by Costco to get a rotisserie chicken so I can make a quick and easy broth and have some extra chicken meat to put in it.” – Mrs. Huff
“This is a wonderful, delicious recipe. I’ve never made ham and dumplings before and was a little skeptical. It turned out so good and my family loved it. Thank you for recipe!” – Linda
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Ham and Dumplings
Ingredients
- 4 to 5 cups ham cooked and cut into bite sized pieces or chunks
- 1/2 cup green onion chopped (can use regular onion)
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 12 cups water or could use half chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- 1/2 teaspoon chives
- 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
Dumpling Ingredients:
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 1/4 cup of shortening
- Boiling Water
Instructions
- Add all ham ingredients to large soup pot and bring to boil. Simmer for about an hour. Add dumpling recipe below.
- Note: You can add ham bone, too, if you have one and remove before adding dumplings.
Dumplings:
- Pour 2 cups self-rising flour into a large bowl, cut in 1/4 cup shortening with a pastry blender or fork, add 3/4 cup boiling water a little at a time until you can shape the mixture into a ball.
- Knead several times. (Some people like to pinch off pieces of the dough and drop into broth but I like them uniform and this is so easy. Roll out to about 1/8 inch of thickness on a floured board.
- Cut into strips, then squares.
- Note: It is so easy to cut them with a pizza cutter and much quicker and they taste just the same!
- Remove lid on pot and add several squares at a time to the boiling broth replacing lid each time for about 30 seconds until you have added all the dumplings.
- Once all the dumplings are added lower heat to simmer for about 20 minutes.
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Dad always made this with left over ham bone and ham from Christmas ham. Sides of mashed potatoes , greens and corn bread. Dad learned to cook as the oldest child in his family, mom never was much of a cook, she did not like to cook and was glad to let Dad take the reins.
I have never made ham and dumplings until last night and I’m 70 years old, but wanted something different with my leftover ham. It’s a very good basic recipe. I believe it needs more seasonings, but was a nice change.
That is what is great about versatile recipes Londa, you can mix up the seasonigs!
I enjoyed the tomato saltine cracker salad. From a few weeks back. Made it for family. They loved it I’ve made it once a week so far. It’s definitely a keeper. Delicious Thankyou
I love hearing this! That recipe has such a history with our family and we have loved it for year, so glad you do too!
This ham and dumpling sounds so good. Could you use the Potato Dumpling (can not spell it), used in soups and already prepared?
I have never tried those, unless you are referring to drop dumplings, then yes.. you can absolutely use drop dumplings.
I’m on my second bowl right now. So good, so hearty, and easy to fix. Thank you!
You’re very welcome! So glad you are enjoying it!
Do you cover the pot?
Delicious! Follow recipe as is. Just like my grandmother used to make!
Wonderful! So glad it brought back wonderful memories.
Great recipe. I had a bunch of leftover ham and it had been years since I’ve made ham and dumplings. I mainly have been wanting a great recipe for dumplings as I’ve misplaced my old recipe. Some of the recipes make dumplings that are just too fragile and dissolve in the broth.
These dumplings are perfection. I made this recipe a couple of months ago and I’m craving chicken and dumplings this week. So my husband is stopping by Costco to get a rotisserie chicken so I can make a quick and easy broth and have some extra chicken meat to put in it.
Made it! Loved it!!! Halved the recipe and ALL GONE!
Any chance of getting nutritional information?
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This is a wonderful, delicious recipe. I’ve never made ham and dumplings before and was a little skeptical. It turned out so good and my family loved it. Thank you for recipe!
SO glad this was a hit! We love this one too.
I am also from PA…central PA to be more exact. We always just called this ham pot pie…eventhough i know its not lol…my family kept it much more simple…ham, potatoes, the homemade noodles (dumplings)…soooo good.
I’m also from Pennsylvania and my family always made this recipe. We called it bean pot pie though. I’ve wanted to make this myself but could never find a recipe similar enough. Thanks so much!
You’re very welcome! Enjoy!
I saw your comment regarding PA German Pot Pie. We have an old family recipe called Oyster Pot Pie. My great grandparents owned a pretzel factory west of Harrisburg, and my great grandmother made Oyster Pot Pie for all the workers for lunch. The dough in the Ham and Dumpling recipe is similar. My kids are the are the 5th generation to continue making our Oyster Pot Pie
I use the ham hot soup water to do the dumplings
My exes mother used to make patches and ham. I could never find the recipe. I think this is it. Thank you!
Loved all the recipes to try.
My Mom always added a few boiled eggs to her Ham and Egg Pie….
If you look on the right hand side of any page and click on soups, there should be a recipe there for chicken and dumplings very close to this one.
You might be interested in knowing that this is what the old Pennsylvania Germans called true Pot Pie or Bot Boi in their language. My family has been making this for generations.
Yes Carole people look at me like I am nuts when I tell them that! WE call this recipe “Corny Pot Pie” We use the ham broth and at the end we add some corn.. There are never any left overs.. EVER!!!
Darn. I wish I’d seen this before I had to throw out the remainder of our Easter ham… it sounds delicious!
I use leftover ham to season beans it works great.
What a delicious way to use leftover ham.
Great idea! My grandmother use to make brown beans and dumplings for all the family dinners. Think I will combine the two recipes!
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Yum, Yum! I cannot remember how long it’s been since I had ham and dumplings. This was one of my favorite dishes as a young girl. Well you have inspired me to make this on the weekend. Thanks so much for all your wonderful delicious recipes.
I have a lot of left over ham. This would make a great lunch for tomorrow.
Made this for dinner tonight and it literally took less than five minutes to prepare. My picky husband walked thru the front door and wanted to know what smelled so good. When he sat down to eat he kept telling me how good dinner was!!! He never likes soup or anything with dumplings.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this recipe!!!
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So happy you all enjoyed this recipe, hubby, too!
I absolutely love all your recipes. They are simple and easy to prepare, but always taste like they were made in heaven. Thank you for doing such a great job. I’m constantly looking for your next recipe.
My momma used to make ham and noodles. Same basic broth. Then she served them over mashed potatoes! Yikes! Carbs on carbs, but oh so good! Thanks for sharing.
Linda
Thanks, I was just starting to run out of ideas for the leftover ham. This will be a nice alternative to split pea soup.
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